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High Frequency Survey 2021
Quarter 4

Costa Rica, 2021
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Reference ID
CRI_2021_HFS-Q4_v01_M
Producer(s)
UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
Collection(s)
United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
Study website
Created on
Dec 15, 2022
Last modified
Jan 20, 2023
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Survey instrument
  • Data collection
  • Data Access
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    CRI_2021_HFS-Q4_v01_M
    Title

    High Frequency Survey 2021
    Subtitle

    Quarter 4
    Country/Economy
    Name Country code
    Costa Rica CRI
    Study type

    Other Household Survey [hh/oth]
    Abstract
    The data was collected using the High Frequency Survey (HFS), the new regional data collection tool & methodology launched in the Americas. The survey allowed for better reaching populations of interest with new remote modalities (phone interviews and self-administered surveys online) and improved sampling guidance and strategies. It includes a set of standardized regional core questions while allowing for operation-specific customizations. The core questions revolve around populations of interest's demographic profile, difficulties during their journey, specific protection needs, access to documentation & regularization, health access, coverage of basic needs, coping capacity & negative mechanisms used, and well-being & local integration. The data collected has been used by countries in their protection monitoring analysis and vulnerability analysis.
    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]
    Unit of Analysis

    Household

    Version

    Version Description

    Version 2.1: Edited, cleaned and anonymised data.
    Version Date

    2022-04-02

    Scope

    Notes

    The scope of the survey includes:

    • household characteristics
    • demographic profile
    • journey
    • protection needs
    • access to documentation
    • health
    • basic needs
    • coping capacity
    • local integration
    • Covid impact
    Topics
    Topic
    Health
    Protection
    Livelihood and Social cohesion
    Transportation
    Basic Needs
    Keywords
    HFS High Frequency Survey Covid

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    Whole country
    Universe

    All people of concern.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) UN

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    In the absence of a well-developed sampling-frame for forcibly displaced populations in the Americas, the High Frequency Survey employed a multi-frame sampling strategy where respondents entered the sample through one of three channels: (i) those who opt-in to complete an online self-administered version of the questionnaire which was widely circulated through refugee social media; (ii) persons identified through UNHCR and partner databases who were remotely-interviewed by phone; and (iii) random selection from the cases approaching UNHCR for registration or assistance. The total sample size was 4493 households. At the time of the survey, the population of concern was estimated at around 120000 individuals.
    Weighting

    A weight was calculated dividing the estimated population size by the sample size.

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    Questionaire contained the following sections: journey, family composition, vulnerability, basic Needs, coping capacity,well-being,COVID-19 Impact.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2021-01-01 2021-12-31
    Mode of data collection
    • Other [oth]
    Data Collectors
    Name Affiliation
    UN Refugee Agency UN
    Data Collection Notes

    Data collection modalities include phone interviews (to accommodate for mobility restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic) and self-administered online surveys. Enumerators were trained at the local level, keeping in line with the regional standards while reflecting the contextual nuances for each country.

    Data Access

    Citation requirements

    UNHCR (2021). Costa Rica: High Frequency Survey - 2021. Accessed from: https://microdata.unhcr.org

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email
    Curation team UNHCR microdata@unhcr.org

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_CRI_2021_HFS-Q4_v01_M
    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    UN Refugee Agency UN Metadata producer
    Development Economics Data Group The World Bank Metadata adapted for World Bank Microdata Library
    Date of Metadata Production

    2022-12-14

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 01 (December 2022): This metadata was downloaded from the UNHCR catalog (https://microdata.unhcr.org/index.php/home) and it is identical to UNHCR version (UNHCR_CRI_2021_HFS_Q4_v2.1). The following two metadata fields were edited - Document ID and Survey ID.
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